Drugs a factor in SR 58 crash, highway patrol says

AMHERST TOWNSHIP -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol suspects that drugs may have been the cause of an afternoon crash that occurred Sept. 9 on SR 58.

Five people were hospitalized after Troy Jones, 24, of Lorain, went left of center just north of Middle Ridge Road, hitting 64-year-old Jacquita Willis, of Oberlin.

State troopers would not specify what type of drug, but rather said there is suspicion that Jones may have been under the influence of some type of drug.

Jones' Chevrolet Malibu struck Willis' Toyota Camry causing it to spin out of control and land in a ditch, according to the patrol's report. Willis was taken to Amherst Hospital, while Jones and his three passengers,

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Malcom Barnett, 18, of Lorain, and Jones' 2- and 3-year-old sons were taken to Mercy Regional Medical Center. Willis, Jones and Barnett were all later transferred to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland.